Liberalizace osobní železniční dopravy v České republice a její dopady mezi lety 2010 až 2016

The thesis deals with the partial liberalization of passenger rail transport in the Czech Republic and its impacts between 2010 and 2016. It provides a comprehensive view of the liberalization process and analyzes its impact primarily on public spending, market structure and the rate of competition. The introduction of the theoretical part focuses on the history of rail transport in the Czech Republic and on economic theories related to passenger transport. There are discussed in particular the theory of monopoly, state interventions or network industries. The second half of the theoretical part deals with the process of rail liberalization itself. First, the crucial role of the EU in this process is defined and the most important institutional and legislative changes in our country are described. The practical part deals primarily with the analysis of public expenditures in railway transport. The subject of the research is mainly subsidies for personal transport and subsidies addressed to SŽDC and ČD. Secondly, a fully liberalized route between Prague and Ostrava is being analyzed, where two private carriers - Regiojet and LeoExpress - have joined in addition to ČD to offer their transport services. Thanks to this, railway transport in this section has significantly improved and became more attractive. The penultimate part is devoted to the comparison of the liberalization process in the Czech Republic with Great Britain and Sweden. In particular, the development of liberalization in passenger transport is examined and the liberalization indices are evaluated. Last but not least, national economic recommendations are formulated. The benefit of the thesis is the analysis of the current course of liberalization, the evaluation of its shortcomings and the proposal of their solution.